# The DA has expressed outrage over reports that 130 naval recruits at SAS Saldanha Training Base are facing starvation and poor accommodation. DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says this exposes deep systemic failures in defence leadership. The recruits have allegedly survived on minimal rations for months amid construction delays at Simon’s Town Naval Base. He says the DA will submit urgent parliamentary questions on provisioning, planning, and budgeting for the affected recruits:
DA slams SANDF over starving naval recruits at SAS Saldanha [SOUND]
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